Episode list

Mount Auburn Cemetery, founded in 1831, is a National Historic Landmark. The stunning landscape, monuments and gardens draw over 200,000 visitors per year. Host Roberto Mighty explores the lives of Dorothea Dix, a pioneering advocate for the mentally ill; and Edmonia Lewis, a renowned African-American/Native-American sculptor. Reenactments: escaped slave-turned philanthropist; a medical student's sacrifice.

London's Highgate Cemetery contains some of the finest funerary architecture in Great Britain. Host Roberto Mighty shares Victorian-era attractions. Roberto and expert guests visit the lives of Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy; Mary Ann Evans/"George Eliot", author of Silas Marner and Middlemarch; Black World War I hero Lt. Walter Tull; and discuss landscape architecture.

Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark; statuary. Among others the lives of composer Leonard Bernstein, artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and Civil War-era Black physician Thomas Joiner White are highlighted.

Host Roberto Mighty explores Hollywood Forever Cemetery, visiting monuments and lives of screen/music legends -Judy Garland; Mickey Rooney; Johnny Ramone; Herb Jeffries ("The Bronze Buckaroo"); Hattie McDaniel, the first African American woman to win an Oscar; Mel Blanc, the voice of "Bugs Bunny" and other beloved cartoon characters; and studio mogul Cecil B. DeMille.

Cincinnati's Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum is the 3rd largest cemetery in the USA and a National Historic Landmark. Host Roberto Mighty explores the landscape and history. Experts show Champion Trees and check out water features. Historical Reenactments: Feminist firebrand Frances Wright; Abolitionist Levi Coffin and Landscape Architect Adolph Strauch. Visit to monument of formerly enslaved African-American inventor Henry Boyd.

In the Season 1 finale of World's Greatest Cemeteries, Host Roberto Mighty visits the Chateau of one of France's greatest authors; a Cincinnati monument to a Civil War family; a Victorian London cemetery; and a Boston Revolutionary War graveyard. Cemetery experts give a primer on funerary iconography and a horticultural peek at pond side plantings; and we drop hints about our exciting Season 2.